Thread

PowerPack | Modify | Thread

This tool draws an interior or exterior thread onto a solid cylindrical shape by defining the pitch and the length.

Worked example

Right click in the editor and set the view to Isometric.

Draw a cylinder by selecting Draw | Solid Primitives | Cylinder Primitive. In this example, a Dx and Dy of 10 and a height of 50 is given.

Select PowerPack | Modify | Thread and select the Internal option. Set the Pitch to 3 and the Length to 25..

Select the outer cylindrical face, then select the top face shown below left.

By selecting a different start point for the thread, the result shown below is produced.

To adjust the size of the cylinder, select the cylindrical part of the solid and update the information in the edit fields of the Inspector.

To adjust the pitch and length of the thread, select the threaded part of the solid and update the information in the edit fields of the Inspector, shown below.

Updating the thread values in the Inspector